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The first major biography of dr. martin luther king junior in over a generation is making headlines and unveiling new details about the civil rights leader. the book draws on important news sources, including hundreds of original interviews, thousands of recently released fbi documents and an unpublished memoir written by kings father. joining me now is a journalist a new york times bestselling author jonathan eig. his new book, king a life, is out this tuesday. im gonna call you jonathan since ...

New Martin Luther King biography reshapes civil rights history

Story. in fact, lbj was far more complicit in the investigation events kingdom we knew. he was not just informed weekly, personally, directly from hoover, he was encouraging the investigation, the surveillance, the wiretaps, the hotel room surveillance. and the news media, to, very some responsibility. they knew what hoover was doing and didnt report it. >> wow. major incentives to get through this book. king, a life, written by, my guess, jonathan eig. tank you very much, jonathan eig, for comi...

New Martin Luther King biography reshapes civil rights history

This week, social media sleuthing reaches new heights, coronation fashion, and did a journalist fabricate an MLK quote on Malcolm X?

<p>Jonathan Eig tracked down a secretary's transcript of writer Alex Haley's interview with Martin Luther King and found that Haley seriously misrepresented King's response to Malcolm's militant approach to the Black freedom struggle, contributing to longstanding misunderstanding of King's views and relationship to other political factions. </p>

So much has been made of how different the civil rights icons were. The truth is that they weren’t adversaries, and they reserved their harshest criticism for America itself.

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Jonathan Eig’s biography uses newly-opened FBI files and family material to show why MLK Jr was a true radical – and a failure